The paper by Body et al is concerned with the evaluation of decision aids, which can be used to identify potential acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in the ED. The authors previously developed the ...

Objective To determine if intravenous paracetamol was superior to oral paracetamol as an adjunct to opioids in the management of moderate to severe pain in the ED setting. Methods A prospective, ...

Objective—This study aims to determine the extent of correlation of arterial and venous pH with a view to identifying whether venous samples can be used as an alternative to arterial values in the ...

1 Nottingham Children's Hospital, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen's Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham, UK 2 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, James Cook Hospital, Middlesborough, Middlesborough, UK SCI occurs when unstable ...

Background The aim of this study was to examine the strength of correlation between initial pain severity score and systolic blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory rates among adults reporting ...

Background There is evidence of increasing use of the synthetic cathinone mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone), particularly amongst clubbers. However, there have only two single case reports of ...

Objectives: To identify those attributes experts regard as desirable qualities in the ambulance technician, paramedic, and clinical supervisor. Methods: The Delphi technique was used to gain a ...

Correspondence to Dr Daniel Romeu, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK; danielromeu{at}doctors.org.uk Twenty-six clinicians responded to the ...

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Emergency, Barnsley, UK Correspondence to Dr James Griffiths, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Gawber Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S75 ...